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Late for May 5, "Battle of the Wilderness" But interestingly no Scott mention in my 06 Specialized. A number please. Thanks.  |
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Barb those Garden Flowers FDCs look absolutely stunning. Who was the cachet maker? Is the cachet illustration engraved?
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I was scanning the Battle of the Wilderness stamp a couple of days ago and studied it for awhile, the engraving & the design. I like all those annual Civil War Centennial stamps issued 50 years ago even though I remember the designs were not everywhere well received at the time. Some thought they were too modern not dignified enough as I recall.
My favourite is the 1962 Shiloh. |
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Thanks Litho! The Flowers are all engraved / embossed cachets from Postal Commerative Society. Dunno who the actual artist is. I like the Shiloh too but afraid my favorite is the Appomatiox. The tip was good to find the Scott number... so please explain. Did they commission the series and release one a year? |
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Thanks for the info Barb. The USPS issued one stamp annually on the actual date of the commencement of the battle commemorated. Each stamps had a different designer. The first one issued on April 12, 1961 commemorating the Battle of Fort Sumter was designed by Charles R Chickering who designed dozens of stamps for the BEP. I'm not sure if the others were free lance artists or not. I agree with you the about the Battle of Appomattox Court House stamp. The stamp is a powerful statement for healing the wounds. Quote: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds.... |
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And some for the 16th. The first is definitely a philatelic creation and I have shown it in another thread but it is so neat that I had to include it.  The second is from Columbia and it has an interesting but very faint blue rubber stamp marking which I Cannot identify.  The third is a Special Delivery envelope originating in Edmonton, Alberta, and delivered in Yorkton Saskatchewan (About 550 miles away) apparently on the same day. Yorkton backstamp for May 16 as well.  |
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Some interesting statistics about that NY World's Fair cover from 1939: Quote: During the months of the World's Fair in New York, in 1939 and 1940, a postal car, in charge of railway postal clerks, was on exhibition on a railway siding. Visitors to the car averaged 5,215 a day, sets of commemorative stamps were sold there to the average daily amount of over a hundred dollars, and the daily deposit of mail was over 2,000 pieces. |
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Quote: very faint blue rubber stamp marking which I Cannot identify. Possibly a very faint Paquebot marking? By the way, the addressee on that cover McGill Metal Products offers this brief history: Quote: Have you gotten coin change from a ballpark vendor or attendant, or had a conductor punch your train voucher? How about have you had your coffee card punched at your favorite coffee spot or created a scrapbook page with the coolest shapes? If so, then you've been served by McGill products! Our commitment to quality and serving your needs has allowed us to have success in a number of different industries worldwide for over 130 years!
Founded in 1878 by George W. McGill, the holder of several office products patents, McGill is one of the oldest continuously operated companies in Illinois. For the first 20 years of its life, McGill sold ticket punches (similar to the hand held paper punches it makes today) to the railroads. Around 1900, the railroads asked McGill to use its metal fabricating skills to develop coin changers. And to this day, McGill's product line of coin changers remains a solid part of its business.
By the early 1990's in order to further develop new products and explore new markets, the logical progression grew into the field of office products with an array of three hole punches, paper drills and specialty paper punches. Today, McGill is known as providing quality heavy duty paper tools for the office environment with distribution by the largest outlets of office products.
Soon after, in 1993, the craft market began to grow with a new demand for punches in a different market. Punches were then created in a variety of shapes and sizes with a reputation of the best designs. The growth in craft stores was exponential, as products began to be seen at national chains and independent craft stores. This opened the door to develop additional creative related products for the craft industry, like other papercraft tools, and creative kits and accessories.
Today with worldwide distribution, the McGill name is synonymous with quality, innovation and great designs that serve the office, school, craft, and industrial and specialty markets.
McGill Inc. PO Box 177 131 Prairie Street Marengo, IL 60152 USA |
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Very Interesting, WT1. (Watched a retrospective of Laugh In on PBS the other night and the phrase has become a mind worm).
The marking is not Paquebot. What I can make out from the top is a solid triangle, point down, a second solid triangle, point up, QUIL, maybe L next, then maybe A, another letter or a space, maybe N, and possibly another two triangles all enclosed in a rectangular frame. |
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